Los Porchs

Delivery yesterday was shockingly near the beginning of the window (9-12) & when the truck pulled up at 9:30, I stood excitedly at the window to watch the furniture arrive. Yes. I was that excited. I hid in the living room while the delivery guys assembled the crib & didn't peek at all until they were gone. I wanted to see the finished product. Amazeballs, y'all. Now every time I walk past the room, I have a surge of excitement (we're already almost halfway through this pregnancy) and sheer panic (there's going to be a tiny human in that bed soon). We love it. What do you guys think?

After a busy and mentally exhausting day at the office, I was ready to come home and kick it on the couch with the remote and DVR. I'm so thankful that when we brought home the carpet the other day, we left it in the dining room, right in the middle of everything.  Why?  Because when I walked in tonight, tired as hell, I felt excited to change into sweats, roll up my sleeves, and scrub the floors in the nursery so that I could finally get that carpet into the nursery.  I grabbed Porch's Bose speaker and sang along with my running playlist (which hasn't gotten much love since we started IVF). Everything has a new home now and things are coming together!  The crib and dresser will be delivered Saturday and I am PUMPED.  For reals.  I love when I roll out of bed at night to use the bathroom and walk past the nursery (and I love that it's a nursery now) and see where the furniture will go!  I can't wait to see it tonight with the carpet!  It's the l...

It's fun to be so busy! The nursery furniture is being delivered on Saturday and between now and then, Porch and I are busy working to get everything put away in its new home. I bought some Murphy's oil today and my after work workout tomorrow will include deep cleaning the floor in the nursery so that we can lay down the new carpet. I also need to hunt in the basement for a can of the paint used in the apartment (all of our walls are the same color) to touch up the place where the headboard of the guest bed had been rubbing against the wall. If I can't find the paint, we may have to investigate the idea of using a wallpaper border as camouflage. When it's all said and done, I'm excited to figure out the best placement for the crib and dresser. And for the delivery of the furniture! When I woke up at 1am to pee this morning, it was so odd to look into that room and see it empty. It's weird in the day too, but something about knowing that soon we'll be spen...

Porch and I made a run this afternoon to Brew & Grow to get some needed items for his next (current) batch of beer that he started this evening.  We took advantage of the semi-decent (read:  Non-Polar Vortexy) weather and dropped off a few boxes of items at Brown Elephant (similar to Goodwill).  It was awesome to get some of that unused stuff out of the house and make some space... While we're not quite ready to dig into Operation: Make a Nursery, I did take advantage of some free time this afternoon to dig through mountains of crap stuff in the closet of our guest room.  We probably won't switch the rooms until late spring but I figured it would be easier to do with less stuff everywhere.  Plus it makes me feel productive-ish after spending much of the morning moaning about how sick I felt (be advised:  a Shamrock shake from McD's helped in the short term but not as much for a long term solution).  And we learned a little something about our li...

When Porch and I moved in together (way, way back in the spring of 2009), we outfitted our teeny-tiny one-bedroom apartment with Ikea goodness.  I think pretty much everyone who shops at Ikea knows the pressed fiberboard beauties are not meant to last a lifetime.  That being said, many of our pieces have actually held up pretty well.  We've become seasoned Ikea shoppers and realize now that we really can't justify buying anything that isn't real wood.  It just gets beat to hell in the moving process. This dresser (Malm) has been in our guest room since we moved into this great apartment almost two years ago... and over time, it's kinda gained a pimp lean.  Majorly.  No joke, one of my tasks for this vacation day is to take everything out of this dresser so we can junk it.  I'm afraid I'm going to hear this thing come crashing down one night while we're sleeping.  And truth be told, I'm kind of excited to find something fun to replace it.  I...

I'll admit it.  While I love, love, love the feelings surrounding Thanksgiving and the food, I am waaaay more into the decorations for Christmas.  I'm not sure why that it; are there just no cute Thanksgiving decor options?!  That cannot be true... I went on a hunt and here's what I found!  But who are we kidding -- I'm still jonesin' to set up that tree!  The only thing holdin' me back is that we're hosting Thanksgiving here! Thanksgiving Decor by mrsniermann featuring handmade home decor Coir mat williams-sonoma.com Fall Colors Mug Stack with Metal Stand kirklands.com Tag pumpkin soup tureen allmodern.com Sur La Table turkey salt and pepper shaker surlatable.com Shea s Wildflower rustic home decor nordstrom.com Tag home decor allmodern.com Simon Pearce fall home decor bloomingdales.com Handmade home decor horchow.com